I tried to stay away from politics this month, but the slow-motion train wreck in the Persian Gulf pulled me right back in. From a CIA coup in 1953 to a 2026 “ceasefire” document that looks like it was drafted by amateurs, the Strait of Hormuz has officially become a ghost town. Here is how decades of “big stick” posturing and absolute diplomatic incompetence broke the global energy market and why a simple air campaign won’t be enough to fix it.
